The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-03-25
sou1HERN eLEANINes.

Robert Jones is on trial at Edgeheld, n
c., for the murder in a cotton-field of Ed
ward Presley and his two sons, into whose
family he had married
Robbers, a few nights ago, forced the
express messenger at Coleman, Tex, to
open his safe, and they took the contents,
over s., 600, and got away.
In Irwin County, Ga, few days ago,
horse was bitten on the nose by a rattle
snake The animal was given several
drinks of sweet milk and alum, and then
three bottles Of turpentine were heated
and the mouths of the bottles placed in
succession over the part bitten. 1t IS said
that the green poison could be plainly
seen as it was being drawn into the bot
ties. The horse recovered.
Mrs. L. L. Buffalo, wife of one Of the
Wealthiest cotton planters of Lonoke
County, Ark, committed suicide a few
days ago by taking laUdanum- Reproof
of her husband for letting a sewing-m a.
chine agent get the best of her in a sew
ing-machine trade is assigned as the cause
which led her TO take her life without the
slightest warning to any one.
The assassin of Adam Carpenter, at
-Hustonville, KY, is believed to be his son
! Wallace a youth of nineteen, who made
terrible threats year ago.
Rev. j. r. Hamilton died at his residence
Ia Nashville, Tenn, afeW DAYS ago, aged
seventy-nine years, after a long illness.
| DR.. Hamilton joined the Tennessee Con
ference of the Methodist Church forty
| three years ago, and filled some of the
most important stations in the Confer
ence. For several years he had occupied
a supernumerary position.
The drought committee appointed by
the legislature of Texas has distributed
| 100000 among q, $50 sufferers
The General Assembly of Virginia Is
holding an extra session, mainly to take
action regarding the State debt
D. Lynch PEingIe, of South Carolina,
I has been appointed COnsul-Gsneral of the
United States at ConstantinOple.
The imported stallion King Ban, valued
at 5000, died few days ago of spinal
meningitis at Lexington, KY.
+ The Texas Senate recently passed a bill
appropriating S20l, 600 to furnish the new
Capitol, and $4,000 to have the grounds
graded and laid out.
| Martin Gudger, a wealthy farmer of Nc
MINI County, Tenn, committed suicide a
few nights ago. He had invested in FIori-
da real estate, and lost considerable sum
! of money in the transaction.
The citizens of Rome, Ga, have sub
scribed $500 600 for the building of an iron
furnace and rolling mills, and for the
erection of an iron bridge over the Cos
| tanaula river.
A destructive fire occurred a Prattville
| Ala, few days ago. The residence Of
! Congressman T. w. Sadler was destrOyedl
also the residence OF Mrs. w. H. North
| inghaIn. Sadler's loss is 81 900; no insur
anee. Mrs NOrthingtOn's loss is S3,0OJ;
insurance, Sl,O)0.
Deputy United States Marshal Quinn
of Shelby, N. c.. aided by a posse, few
nights since, captured a blockade distil-
lery on the very summit Of Kings noun
tain, which was operated by w. NJ. Ray
A large quantity of beer and whisky wat
captured All of the daring mOonshiner'a
escaped.
VIM. c. Patton. North Carolinian, bag
been appointed United States Consul at
Bahia, and George G. Tanner, of South
/ Carolina, goes as Consul to Pictou, Nova
Scotia.
/ DR.. T. g. Ford, who was sentences to
9 fifteen years Imprisonment for killing J.
q. Kirkpatrick, has been pardoned by
+ Governor McEnery of Louisiana, on the
/ favorable recommendation Of the State
! Board of Pardons.
! Earthquake shocks are still occasional
/ visitors at Charleston, S. c., and vicinity.
I In the face of cloudless skies and glar-
ing sun the people of Abilene, Ten. re-
! Gently Assem- bled in the Methodist Church
at that place and prayed fervently foI
: rain.
/ T. D. jackson, a colored police officer at
Memphis, has been dismissed from the
7 force for miscegenation.
! eIhesdisallerY of John G. Roach at Un.
iontown, KY, was destroyed by fire few
night ago, entailng loss of S35, 600. There
| is only $4,000 insurance.
! Half Of the business part Of Blackville,
| s. c., and some dwellings were burned
| few days ago. Loss, nearly $4,000; in
/ surance Between one-third ard One-half oil
| the loss.
Atam Paxton, of Lancaster County, S.
| C., veteran of the Mexican war, despair
| ing OF receiving a pension, committe sui
| eide a, few days ago, by hanging himself
to tree near his house.
The corOner's jury at MoreheaG, Ky,
/ found a verdict of accidental shooting in
| the case of John Trumbo, who shot Johl
! N, Wf+cher a few days ag5 while sho Ying
HIM that-a pistol could be used quicker
l than a knife.
! -Jeff Stevenson, who was recently tried
/ for wIlful murder at Hopknsvi}le Ky,
was giveD.twenty- years in the State
prison. Stevenson shot and killed Viii
lam Calvin from AMBUSH last Augu St Nhe
| jurywas' in deliberation nearly four iarI.
Five favored hanging
- Julia Darrow, cO'ored, one hundred and
! eight years old, supposed to be the oldest
woman in Kentuckv, died a few Us ag1
! She was born il Montgomery County in
| 1779- and was slave on the Colonel Sam.
mons farm. She remained there uni
sold to her late husband at the age of six
teenfor three hundred and fifty dollars
/ She was the mother Of seventeen ch' 'ldren
three Of whom survive her She leaves
! considerable property.
| Half of the business portion of Oxford,
| N. C., was wiped out by fire a few nights
/ ago, entailing a loss OF SO l,0)0 only about
half of which is covered b. insurance.
The belief was general that the fire was
the work of incendiariss.
A. o. Purdy, we'll known railroad en-
ginecr. was instantly killed a few days
ago at NortonYille, Ky. He had dismount-
ed from his engine and walked down the
track Tor some purpose and then motioned
ais fire nAan to come on. As the engine
wentby him Purdy mounted the step TO
enter the cab but his foot slipped and he
was thrown under the drivers. His boIy
p was horribly mangleI
New Orleans had $4,000 cotton fire
During the past few weekss there h ls
been widespread conformation over the
prevalence of rabies in GeOCgia- There Is
scarcelysa community which has not been
visited by mad dogs. In Banks, Hancock,
Troupe, Ebert, Forsyth and other coun-
ties, parties OF men armel with shot-guns
are disposing of .unknown dogs at sight
Berry Taylor, who diei recently in Kew
port, KY, had a profound admiration for
actors and actresses, and spent much
money in entertaining them He is said
70 have disposed Of over S100C0o in tl'.s
way, and before his death it was nacss-
sary to have a guardian TO keep him from
squandering his entire fortune
Adam Carpenter was shot dead by
night prowTers at near Moreland, KY.
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently
sfirmed Judgment for about S700 in favor
oEMrs. Dunn against a bucket-shop q n
cerR for amounts lost by her husband ir.
wagering with the defendants upon
margins on the rise and fall Of cevisin